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Andrew Edsall
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The Habit of Ferocity

I have a clearer grasp of what I care about, the big picture problems I want to solve, and the plans and ideas to tackle them

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An INTJ with ADHD struggled to achieve the excellence he demanded of himself while juggling countless thoughts. Through persistent effort and daily integration of the program, he discovered his core values, identified the big problems he wants to solve, and learned to harness flow states through cycling and puzzles.

Before this program, I was an INTJ who also struggles with ADD/ADHD. This creates a strange dichotomy - I expect excellence and mastery of myself and others AND it is hard to become a master and be excellent at something when you are thinking about 100 things at once. Thankfully, one of my colleagues mentioned some of the patterns they were seeing and I started managing myself better. I purchased this course in February 2020, shortly after leaving the previous job. I started, did a few days, and then put it down. I started again in March and by August I was still 2/3rd of the way though. So, I started again and rewatched every day and came back consistently on a daily basis. There is a lot to take in, and the changes it leads to can seem overwhelming - especially if you try to do them all at once. in hindsight, i think it is better to go through the material on a daily basis, so that you can integrate the learning into your daily routines. Thanks to the Habit of Ferocity course, I have a clearer grasp of what I care about, the big picture problems i want to solve, and the plans and ideas to tackle them. i see how flow and flow triggers work, and i use them on a daily basis. Being on my road bike is where I have the most flow, and since there is not always time in the morning before work, I have found other flow triggers - Puzzles! A few minutes with Sudoku, a Rubik’s cube, or thought-based video game is perfect. I have also been very lucky to have had a great accountability partner. We are from opposite sides of the world, and we both moved to the opposite side of the world, but we have a lot of things in common and we speak every week.


Andrew Edsall

Founder, Great Wave Consulting & Director, Response:AI

Tokyo, Japan

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Written 28 January 2021 From our original stories site

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